On Thursday an Anchorage man was sentenced for several federal crimes that included counterfeited securities and identification and firearms charges.

43-year-old Anchorage resident Michael Duane Rogers was sentenced in U.S. District Court yesterday on charges of possessing counterfeited securities, unlawful production of false identification documents, unlawful possession of five or more false identification documents, illegal transations with an access device, possession of stolen mail, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Rogers received 54 months in prison and is ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $142,855.06.

According to Retta Randall, the assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the case, for approximately two years spanning 2007 until 2009, Rogers produced counterfiet checks, United States Military IDs and Alaska Driver’s Licenses.

Using these false identifications and counterfeit checks, Rogers bought merchandise from several Anchorage area businesses. He also defraudded local businesses using stolen checks and stolen access devices. He was also found to have in his possession mail stolen from the U.S. Mail.

In addition to those crimes, Rogers was found to be a felon in possession of a firearm.

U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason discussed the egregiousness of Rogers’s acts and the impact on his 188 victims. The financial harm was significant in itself, but many of his victims, who lived paycheck to paycheck, were harmed by the resulting over-draft fees and late payment fees which impacted not only their bank accounts, but potentially their credit ratings.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Anchorage Police Department.